Car-door.



PATBNTBD AUG. 2, 1904.

C. M. SHEPHERD.

GAR DOOR.

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NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

CHRISTIE M. SHEPHERD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CAR-DOOR'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,737, dated August2, 1904.

Application filed October 30,1903. Serial Nn. 179,251. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIE M. SHEPHERD, of Indianapolis, county ofMarion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and usefulCar-Door; and I do hereby declare that the 'following is a full,clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a car-door constructionwherein the door tits flush, that will eifectually keep out themoisture, rain, and sparks.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of arailway-car, showing' the door closed, the means for; removing andreplacing the door being omitted. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on theline 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1. Eig. 4 is a portion of what is shown at the upper end of Fig. 2,but on a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a portion of what is shown at theleft-hand side of Fig. 3, but on a larger scale.

In detail, 10 is a ear and 11 is a car-door. Suitable means would haveto be provided for removing and replacing this door; but since suchmeans constitutes no part of this invention the same has been omittedfor the sake of clearness.

The car is provided with a door-casing consisting of a top 19., thesides 13, and the bottom 14. These are all beveled on their innersurfaces, so that the door will wedge into place.

The door 11 is placed on a frame consisting of a top piece 15, sidepieces 16, and a bottom piece 17, that are externally beveled tocorrespond with the beveled surfaces of the doorcasing.

On each side of the door there is placed a metal strip 18, extendinglaterally beyond the edge of the door and overlapping the boards 19,forming a part of the ear and door-casing. The lateral edges of the doorare externally beveled somewhat at the point where the overlapping metalstrips 18 are secured, and the strips 19 of the door-casing are providedwith a vertical recess 20, that forms a seat for the overlapping metalstrip 18 to tit in. This construction, combined with the beveledconstruction of the door-casing and door, prevents water or the likeentering the sides of the door.

The top of the door is likewise externally beveled and provided with ahorizontal metal strip 21, that tits in a recess 29., formed in thelower edge of the timber or piece 23, which forms a part of the upperportion of the doorcasing', being' secured horizontally to the timber19.. The lower edge of the piece 23 has an upwardly-extendinglongitudinal groove Q4, in front of the position occupied by the metalstrip 21, so as to leave a shoulder at 25, under which the upper edge ofsaid metal strip is located, and an overhanging ledge Q6 in front of thegroove. The purpose of this construction last described and shown bestin Fig.

41 is to prevent the rain as it runs down the side of the car and theside of the upper crosspiece 23 from entering the ear above the door andbetween the door and upper part of the door-casing. In this constructionthe water will drip from the ledge 26, and the groove 2A willeffectually keep the water from coming' into contact with the shoulder25 or other inner part of the door-casing and will also keep it out ofcontact with the upper edge of the metal strip 21, and since that metalstrip is inclined downwardly and outwardly it will shed all the rain orwater that comes into contact with it below its upper edge.

NV hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of a ear or the like and a flush door, the casingabove and adjacent the top of the door having a centrally and upwardlyextending groove so as to form an outward overhanging ledge and theupper edge of the door being beveled and having' secured to it a metalstrip that is inclined inward and upwardly and fits in said door-casingbehind said groove.

2. The combination with a car having a dooropening with a surroundingcasing provided with beveled surfaces on all four sides, the upperdoor-casing having a recess in it with IOO an upwardly-extendinglongitudinal groove forming an outward overhanging ledge, and the sidesof the casing having vertically-extending recesses, and a door with abeveled frame and the outer lateral top edges of said Y door being alsobeveled, and metal strips secured to said outer beveled portions of thedoor so as to extend inward somewhat and bevond the door, the lateralmetal strips {itting IO in the recesses in the side casings, and theupper metal strip fitting in the recess in the upper casing behind theupwardly-extending longitudinal groove therein.

lIn Witness Whereoil I have hereunto aHiXed my signature in the presenceof the Witnesses 15 herein named.

CHRISTIE M. SHEPHERD.

Witnesses:

V. H. LooKWooD, NELLIE ALLEMONG.

